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Walter Jon Williams
American
Writer
Born:
Oct 15
,
1953
Authors
College
Many
Time
Work
You
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I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.
Walter Jon Williams
Other
Vampires
Haunted
Hotels
Real
Werewolves
Real Human
Human
Afraid
Human Beings
Beings
It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
Walter Jon Williams
Freedom
Field
Could
Take
Generalize
Advantage
Because
Offered
Different
Decided
Much
Hard
Started
Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.
Walter Jon Williams
You
Find
Insofar
Only
Genre
Audience
Labels
Useful
Help
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
Walter Jon Williams
You
Yourself
Internet
Become
Community
Combination
Participating
Advertisement
Advertising
Offers
Interesting
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
Walter Jon Williams
Remember
Long
Author
Wanted
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
Walter Jon Williams
Compulsion
Writer
Never
Irresistible
Being
Choice
I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.
Walter Jon Williams
Day
Single
Every
Find
Write
Single Day
Reason
Now
Every Single Day
For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
Walter Jon Williams
Every
Touchstone
Robert
Period
Also
Reader
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
Walter Jon Williams
Religion
Power
State
Remain
Powerful
Becomes
Means
The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years.
Walter Jon Williams
Took
Thousand
Over
Well
Years
Which
Pages
Manuscript
Rift
Two
I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.
Walter Jon Williams
Few
More
Writer
Never
Days
Block
Than
Experienced
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
Walter Jon Williams
Ending
Job
Tough
Tell
Tough Job
Bleak
Knows
Audience
Story
I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
Walter Jon Williams
Work
Technology
Reading
Favor
Price
Makes
Any
Public
Available
Reasonable
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
Walter Jon Williams
Good
Will
Someone
Direction
Point
Never
Stuff
Obsolete
Reader
Editors
Authority
Taste
Door
Wants
Them
Keep
Why
Away
Publishers
Awful
Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.
Walter Jon Williams
Writing
World
Made
Invent
Background
Easier
Characters
Generally
Part
Shared
Because
Within
Limitations
Any
Which
Working
Hardest
Hardest Part
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
Walter Jon Williams
Problem
Down
Has-Been
Some
Stepped
Ideas
Because
Territory
Were
Been
Movies
Shot
Reserved
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